Vietnam
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vietnam
- A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- Synonyms: Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official name), Nam (informal)
- The Vietnam War.
- Synonym: Nam (informal)
Derived terms
Translations
country in Southeast Asia
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Noun
Vietnam (plural Vietnams)
- A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.
- another Vietnam
- the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)
- France's Vietnam (the Algerian War or First Indochina War)
- (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.
- 1992, “187um (Deep Cover Remix)”, in Deep Cover, performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg:
- Welcome back to Vietnam, California.
- 1992, “Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat”, in The Chronic, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:
- Vietnam, California, back in and on a mission.
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Czech
Related terms
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vjɛtˈnɑm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Viet‧nam
- Rhymes: -ɑm
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Vietnam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Vietnam | — | |
| genitive | Vietnamin | — | |
| partitive | Vietnamia | — | |
| illative | Vietnamiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Vietnam | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Vietnam | — |
| gen. | Vietnamin | ||
| genitive | Vietnamin | — | |
| partitive | Vietnamia | — | |
| inessive | Vietnamissa | — | |
| elative | Vietnamista | — | |
| illative | Vietnamiin | — | |
| adessive | Vietnamilla | — | |
| ablative | Vietnamilta | — | |
| allative | Vietnamille | — | |
| essive | Vietnamina | — | |
| translative | Vietnamiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Vietnamitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
French
Etymology
From Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vjɛt.nam/
Audio (France) (file) Audio (file)
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -am, -aːm
Proper noun
Vietnam n (genitive Vietnam or Vietnams, plural Vietnam)
- Vietnam
- 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
- Dieser zweite Teil der Genfer Erklärung sah auch vor, im Juli 1956 Wahlen zur Vereinigung der beiden Vietnam durchzuführen, doch wurde dieser Teil der Verträge nicht mehr unterschrieben.
- 2014, Heino Caesar, Commander: Ein Bericht. Buch 3, page 180:
- Es war ein blau-gelb-grüner runder Fleck im dunklen Meer unter ihnen auf 17° Nordbreite, der noch existierenden Demarkationslinie zwischen den beiden Vietnam.
- 2012, Otto Nigsch, Regierung und Gouvernance: Zur Geschichte der bestehenden Ordnung, page 102:
Usage notes
- The plural Vietnam refers to North Vietnam (German: Nordvietnam) and South Vietnam (German: Südvietnam).
Declension
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈviʲɛtnaːm]
- Hyphenation: Vi‧et‧nam
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Vietnam | Vietnamok |
| accusative | Vietnamot | Vietnamokat |
| dative | Vietnamnak | Vietnamoknak |
| instrumental | Vietnammal | Vietnamokkal |
| causal-final | Vietnamért | Vietnamokért |
| translative | Vietnammá | Vietnamokká |
| terminative | Vietnamig | Vietnamokig |
| essive-formal | Vietnamként | Vietnamokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Vietnamban | Vietnamokban |
| superessive | Vietnamon | Vietnamokon |
| adessive | Vietnamnál | Vietnamoknál |
| illative | Vietnamba | Vietnamokba |
| sublative | Vietnamra | Vietnamokra |
| allative | Vietnamhoz | Vietnamokhoz |
| elative | Vietnamból | Vietnamokból |
| delative | Vietnamról | Vietnamokról |
| ablative | Vietnamtól | Vietnamoktól |
| Possessive forms of Vietnam | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Vietnamom | Vietnamjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Vietnamod | Vietnamjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Vietnamja | Vietnamjai |
| 1st person plural | Vietnamunk | Vietnamjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Vietnamotok | Vietnamjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Vietnamjuk | Vietnamjaik |
Derived terms
References
- A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. ISBN 978 963 05 8630 6
Slovak
Etymology
Ultimately from Vietnamese Việt Nam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi̯ɛtnam/
Declension
Declension of Vietnam
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vietnam |
| genitive | Vietnamu |
| dative | Vietnamu |
| accusative | Vietnam |
| locative | Vietname |
| instrumental | Vietnamom |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjedˈnam/, [bjeðˈnãm]
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